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Tuberculosis (TB) is a significant disease among production animals, especially cattle. With continued risk for tuberculosis entering our herds, the State of Colorado and USDA rely on accredited veterinarians in the field to conduct the Caudal Fold Test (CFT) regularly and with accuracy.

A foreign animal disease (FAD) outbreak affecting cattle could have potentially catastrophic effects on livestock population. Such an incident in Colorado would be devastating to the State's beef production. Limiting the scope of an outbreak is dependent on the early detection and rapid response to eradicate the disease.

Augustus McCrae and Woodrow call, longtime friends and former Texas Rangers, steal over a thousand head of cattle from rustlers south of the border and recruit an unlikely crew of hands to drive the herd 3,000 miles north to Montana.